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KINGSTON — Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Dr. Joan Neil, is urging support for the slate of measures recommended by organisations, such as the United Nations, to curb the incidence of the commercial sexual exploitation of children and women.  Speaking at a recent two-day regional meeting of the Inter-American Programme for the Prevention and Eradication of Commercial...

KINGSTON — National Security Minister, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, says there has been a significant increase in the level of confidence that citizens have in members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Speaking at a handing over of 21 additional vehicles to the JCF at the Office of the Police Commissioner, Old Hope Road, St. Andrew, on July 20,...

KINGSTON — An Act to amend the Travel Agency Regulation Act, which will impose harsher penalties for travel agencies operating illegally in Jamaica, was passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday July 19, 2011. Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, who piloted the Bill, explained that the increase in the number of illegal travel agencies was as a result...

KINGSTON — Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, on July 15, tabled a Resolution in the Senate seeking extension of the duration of the Constabulary Force (Interim Provisions for Arrest and Detention) Act. “The Act has been a critical tool employed by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in reducing serious crimes, and it is therefore expected that...

MONTEGO BAY — Thousands of residents of six volatile communities in St. James are soon to benefit from a range of sustainable development initiatives to be undertaken through partnership between the Ministry of National Security and the Social Development Commission (SDC). The communities are Farm Heights, Rose Heights, Canterbury, Glendevon, Granville and North Gully. Already, a memorandum of understanding (MoU)...

MANDEVILLE — Thirty Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Area 3 division corporals participated in a one month development training course, which included studies in management and problem-solving. The training programme was inclusive of public speaking, the tenets of debates, problem-solving and decision making. “We did communication, missing persons and human trafficking and a number of other areas that affect leadership and...

MONTEGO BAY — Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen has called on participants attending the 38th Annual International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC), to utilise the knowledge gained in a positive and productive way. “Since 1973, the International Conference of Police Chaplains has provided a source of strength, rest and rejuvenation for the men and women who...

MONTEGO BAY — The 38th annual International Conference of Police Chaplains (ICPC) is underway at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, St. James. The five-day conference began on Monday, July 11, 2011, and is being held under the theme: ‘Rest, Recharge and Receive: A Chaplain’s Therapy’. Assistant Commissioner of  Police and Chief Chaplain for the Jamaica Constabulary...

KINGSTON — The Jamaica Community Crime and Violence Prevention Programme, launched in June 2010, has been making strides in its efforts to reduce violence in high risk inner-city communities across the parishes of Kingston, St. Catherine, Clarendon and St. James. Project Manager for the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF)-implemented programme, Ayanna Demetrius, tells JIS News that already, the initiative has...

KINGSTON Non-violent offenders in local prisons who have shown signs of rehabilitation may soon enjoy the freedom of an electronic monitoring programme, Minister of National Security, Senator Hon. Dwight Nelson, said Tuesday July 5, 2011. The initiative, launched at the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Kingston, will facilitate early conditional release of low risk/non-violent offenders, who have completed at least...

We are approaching the start of the summer holidays. This is the time when most children and teenagers are either at home or are engaged in numerous activities which require them to be on the streets more often than they would be when in schools. Analysis over the years indicates that during the summer holidays, there is an increase in...

KINGSTON — Local ex-offenders and deportees in need of a second chance will benefit from the opening of the refurbished Salvation Army William Chamberlain Adult Rehabilitation Centre (ARC), at Lyndhurst Road, Kingston. The facility, renovated at a cost of some $13 million through a partnership between the governments of Jamaica, Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) and Scotia Bank Jamaica,...